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"They'd tried to speak the crocodile but the crocodile had taken the young person out into deep water. There is a crocodile believed to be known to residents in the community, there's an old crocodile about that size and it's believed to be the crocodile that's take the child."

Police and rangers fired shots at the animal but it submerged and disappeared.

It is the second crocodile attack in just over a fortnight, after a seven-year-old girl was taken while swimming with other children and one adult in a watering hole in the territory.

A three-metre crocodile was shot dead in the billabong the next day and human remains were found inside.

Crocodiles have a special religious meaning for many Indigenous communities in Arnhem Land.